Tohoku University Cognitive Neuroscience Application Center

We have all experienced becoming excited and wanting to move our bodies when listening to music. This feeling is known as the sense of groove, and previous research has shown that optimal prediction error plays an important role in eliciting it. However, many questions remain about which factors —especially individual characteristics— affect beat prediction, prediction error, and the intensity of the groove experience.
Therefore, this study focuses on the relationship between an individual’s spontaneous motor tempo and the tempo of musical pieces, aiming to clarify how these factors influence the strength of the groove experience.
Tsuchiya Momoyo, student of Graduate School of Medicine presentated this research proposal. During her presentation, she received many valuable comments and suggestions from professors and fellow students. In particular, the feedback concerning rhythmic density across conditions was extremely important, and she is still carefully considering it as she move forward with the project. (Sugiura)

Tsuchiya Momoyo, Wenyu Zhang, Sugiura Motoaki
【Research Proposal】個人の自発的な運動テンポと楽曲の拍子の類似性がグルーヴ感に与える影響
28th Communication Behavior Engineering Type 2 Research Group （CogNAC × CBE Workshop）,IDAC, Tohoku University, SA building 1st floor, International Conference Room, Sendai: Japan【 Oral presetation 】https://www.ieice.org/~cbe/report/report_20250904.html